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RE: [B7L] Fanfic: Posthumous Memoirs of Secretary Rontane
by Louise Rutter 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

Fiona, I have just have to say that this was utterly brilliant. I'm in awe!!! Louise

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Re: [B7L] surveillance cameras
by Tavia 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

Joanne again: >whenever there's a situation where I need to prove my identity. (Sorry, meant to put this in last post.) Why should one have to prove one's *identity*? Yes, prove the right to drive, to make purchases using this bank card, to cross borders with this nationality, but why one single (and trackable) identity? There's been many times in my life where the three things I've mentioned have all been in different names. Surely I should have the right to putter round doing my lawful business under as many different identities as it pleaseth me ? And if I want to concoct a new one for the hell of it, then why not? Tavia

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RE: [B7L] surveillance cameras
by Louise Rutter 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

Steve K wrote: >That's fine by me, as long as the behaviour alteration is "good". Since >we're on about speeding, an example: a York newspaper quoted motorists >who were complaining about plans to use unmarked police cars to catch >motorists who were speeding; the police were being seen as "unfair" by >these motorists. That very much depends on where they're going to put their unmarked cars and when. There are times and places when it is perfectly safe to exceed the legal speed limit and the police and local councils are simply after a source of revenue. I don't see that it matters terribly if I choose to do 90mph on the M25 at midnight. You have to bear in mind that speed cameras were invented to be placed at accident blackspots in order to reduce speed where it matters and the public in general are quite happy with this. Also bear in mind that the current speed limits were put in place in the 60s and haven't been revised since, except downwards in some places by local councils. If I were driving a 1960s car with drum brakes and narrow crossply tyres, I wouldn't want to do 90mph on the M25. As far as B7 is concerned, those cameras we see in the Way Back could be the exact equivalent of the current town centre cameras to reduce crime. Presumably criminals like Vila have ways of avoiding suppressants, and wouldn't the drugged masses be perfect targets for muggings? We can only asssume from what we know of how the Federation is run that they are also used for less pleasant purposes. Louise

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Re: [B7L] surveillance cameras
by Pherber＠aol.com 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

In a message dated 4/2/01 12:26:51 AM Mountain Daylight Time, steve(a)whitecrow.demon.co.uk writes: > Una wrote: > > > That's actually what worries me the most about it - the way we alter our > > behaviour. In time, we won't need the cameras, just the belief that they' > re > > there. Steve: > That's fine by me, as long as the behaviour alteration is "good". Since > we're on about speeding, an example: a York newspaper quoted motorists > who were complaining about plans to use unmarked police cars to catch > motorists who were speeding; the police were being seen as "unfair" by > these motorists. You should have heard the whining about speed traps when the jurisdictions around Denver starting using photo-radar! The reactionary nitwit contingent in the legislature actually managed to push through regulations that limited the amount of the fines that could be imposed and prohibited the tickets from counting against the driver on their license renewal. Interestingly, the howling about it seems to have finally stopped since the photo radar has been redirected to slowing down traffic in residential neighborhoods instead of camping out on the freeways. Personally, I'd like the cameras to be mandatory at stoplights -- there are WAY too many pinheads around who seem to think that red lights don't apply to *them*. Nina

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Fanfic: Posthumous Memoirs of Secretary Rontane
by Fiona Moore 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

>From: Bizarro7(a)aol.com >To: blakes7(a)lists.lysator.liu.se >Subject: Re: [B7L] zine editing >Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 11:13:56 EDT > >In a message dated 4/1/01 10:59:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >hflysator(a)jarriere.demon.co.uk writes: > ><< Yes, I think I'm sharing Fiona's puzzlement and, er, sentiments, in what > is intended to be a non-aggressive and inoffensive way. >> > >Suffice it to say that in the long run, actions will speak louder than >declarations. I'm sorry, but that message brings out the imp in me. Intended in a spirit of humour, with no wish to offend, marster.... those who are puzzled by the format/universe may find the link http://redrival.com/nyder/rontane.html useful. THE POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF SECRETARY RONTANE 8.5: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE LYST "Rontane," said the President, "There's evil about on the good ship Lysator." "Oh yes," I said. "Some of the puns in the Cantab's last fanfic..." "No," said the President, standing up. "I have in my hand a piece of paper which lists the Lysator Ten. These are all people who have at some point in the past year, been known aliases of the Communist sympathiser Shane Little." "Shane Little!" I fainted dead away and had to be revived with a torrent of abuse. "You mean the man who actually made a sensible if forcefully put anti-slash case from a gay perspec--I mean, of course, that terrible and dreadful evil man, horrible, isn't he." "Shut it, Rontane," said His Highness, helping himself to another chip. "He is a devious and cunning man who could be masquerading as anyone. He could be you. He could be me. He could even be Calle Dybedahl. I want you to go and find anybody who could possibly be him, traveling on the Lysator under another name. Look for people who have booked their tickets within the last 48 hours." "There's one!" I lept forward, truncheon at the ready. "Are you, or have you ever been, Shane Little?" I bellowed, lashing out repeatedly. "Um, Ron," said the President a moment later, "That was Harriet Monkhouse." "Oh." Hastily I turned away and pretended nothing had ever happened--actually a surprisingly easy thing to do in a police state. "Oh look, there's another one!" I began beating up this one too. "Are you, or have you ever been, Shane Little?" I shouted between blows. "Lay off! I'm Jacqueline Thisjien!" the figure shouted. "Prove it!" I exclaimed, and prepared to start again, but the President waved me back. "It's OK, Ron, she is...." he said. "Excuse me," said a figure, "but I think what you're doing is wrong, unethical and damaging to other people." "That's GOT to be him!" Immediately I began to batter the figure into a red and slimy pulp. "Um, Ron," said the President after a pause, "That was my mother." "Oh." I scratched my head. "Crikey, this spreading terror and paranoia business is a lot harder than I thought." "No, actually," said the President, "you're doing a damn fine job. Keep it up!" The End More Posthumous Memoirs of Secretary Rontane Available for public perusal at http://nyder.r67.net _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [B7L] Back again
by J MacQueen 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

>From: Tavia <tavia(a)btinternet.com> >Jacqueline wrote: > >Didya miss me? >Nice to see you back, Jacqueline (if one's allowed to be so warm and >fuzzy?). Yay, Jacqueline's back! But warm and fuzzy would be swearing allegiance to Travis II, forever and ever, amen, wouldn't it? Regards Joanne _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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RE: [B7L] surveillance cameras
by Louise Rutter 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

Steve K wrote: >There's a big ol' difference >between whether it's sensible for the police to apprehend and/or >prosecute, and whether you can be offended just because they didn't >forewarn you. But I can be offended if they lurk in places where it isn't sensible to prosecute with the sole intention of prosecuting because it's lucrative. I recall an instance a few years ago when some rare bird was spotted in the Scottish Highlands and apparently the police sat by the side of a road one night and booked about a hundred twitchers for speeding between midnight and 6am. Louise

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Re: [B7L] surveillance cameras
by J MacQueen 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

>From: Tavia <tavia(a)btinternet.com> >(Sorry, meant to put this in last post.) Why should one have to prove one's >*identity*? So my building society can be sure they aren't handing over my debit and atm cards to the wrong person. That's the main one. Bureaucracy again. Yes, prove the right to drive, to make purchases using this >bank card, to cross borders with this nationality, but why one single (and >trackable) identity? There's been many times in my life where the three >things I've mentioned have all been in different names. Only because that's the only identity I've got, Tavia. I've never established another identity, so I've never had to go through trying to get this, that and the other piece of paraphernalia. <smile> Hmm, maybe we should have another acronym: IMHE (In My Humble Experience)! >Surely I should have the right to putter round doing my lawful business >under as many different identities as it pleaseth me ? And if I want to >concoct a new one for the hell of it, then why not? Sure, go ahead. I'll even applaud it, the operative word being lawful. But without some means of establishing that this human being here is entitled to those things in her/his name, it can be awkward enough dealing with some organisations when you have only one identity to play with. I think I'd be useless at having several identities at once. Let's hope my life never has to depend on it. Regards Joanne "...It follows that in our view the test... had no application to the admissability of the evidence concerning the coffee incident." --Full Federal Court ruling, AHF paragraph 17-420. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: Perceptions
by Tavia 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

Fiona, then Neil: > Perhaps I've just been disillusioned by recent events on the lyst, but > Neil-- *how* does fandom in and of itself strip reality down to its bare > essentials and ask fundamental questions? >Cock-up on my part. I actually meant fan*fic*. I got confused between >the creative output and its source. Fanfic compares quite well to punk >lyrics -the naivety and/or simplicity (as you prefer) of the texts is not >necessarily echoed in the writers. And not all of the texts are either naive >or simple. Well, I for one am still confused. In my experience of fanfic -- limited I know -- I'd say that there was a strong positive correlation between complexity of the text and seriousness of the questions addressed. Tavia

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Re: [B7L] surveillance cameras
by Tavia 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

Joanne wrote: >This is the difficulty - we need something with the >advantages to ourselves, but with disadvantage to >bureaucrats and data harvesters, of an identity card. >Which, as you can imagine, is too difficult, because >that which is an advantage to us is also an advantage >to those we'd rather not have knowing much about us. I don't imagine an id card would have many advantages for the users, particularly not hitched to a system where one had to carry such, and presumably therefore had to go by a single name? I used to rather enjoy having three or four different identities... (confuse the bastards...) Tavia

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